Waterman Billy Rice

Waterman Billy Rice

Baltimore Sun photo by Algerina Perna

Charles County waterman Billy Rice, a participant in the crab "design team" weighing future management of the fishery, goes out every day from a creek on the Potomac River to haul in the catch from some of his 600 pots. He is Chairman of the Tidal fish Advisory Board; Secretary of the MD Waterman's Association, and a senior member of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission.

Charles County waterman Billy Rice, a participant in the crab "design team" weighing future management of the fishery, goes out every day from a creek on the Potomac River to haul in the catch from some of his 600 pots. He is Chairman of the Tidal fish Advisory Board; Secretary of the MD Waterman's Association, and a senior member of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission. (Baltimore Sun photo by Algerina Perna)

Charles County waterman Billy Rice, a participant in the crab "design team" weighing future management of the fishery, goes out every day from a creek on the Potomac River to haul in the catch from some of his 600 pots. He is Chairman of the Tidal fish Advisory Board; Secretary of the MD Waterman's Association, and a senior member of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission.